Heirloom Blade is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Equipped creature gets +3/+1. Whenever equipped creature dies, you may reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card that shares a creature type with it. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Equip
How it works : Heirloom Blade
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If you don't reveal a creature card that shares a type with the creature that died, you'll just reveal and randomize your library.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If the equipped creature has no creature type, no card can share a creature type with it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
You'll reveal cards until you find one that shares at least one creature type with the creature that died. For example, if a Cat Wizard dies, you'll stop if you reveal a Human Wizard or Cat Soldier.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Compare the revealed cards to the creature as it last existed before it died, not to the creature card as it exists in its owner's graveyard, to determine which one you put into your hand.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
"Artifact" isn't a creature type.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If Heirloom Blade leaves the battlefield at the same time that the equipped creature dies, its triggered ability triggers.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Deathrender + Heirloom Blade + Ashnod's Altar + Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Ulamog, adding
.
- 2When Ulamog dies, it, Heirloom Blade and Deathrender trigger.
- 3Resolve the Ulamog trigger, shuffling it into your library.
- 4Resolve the Heirloom Blade trigger, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature that shares a card type with Ulamog and put it into your hand
- 5Resolve the Deathrender trigger, putting the creature from your hand onto the battlefield and attaching Deathrender to it.
- 6Activate Heirloom Blade's equip ability by paying
, attaching it to the creature.
- 7Repeat.
Deathrender + Heirloom Blade + Ashnod's Altar + Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Kozilek, adding
.
- 2When Kozilek dies, it, Heirloom Blade and Deathrender trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kozilek trigger, shuffling it into your library.
- 4Resolve the Heirloom Blade trigger, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature that shares a card type with Kozilek and put it into your hand
- 5Resolve the Deathrender trigger, putting the creature from your hand onto the battlefield and attaching Deathrender to it.
- 6Activate Heirloom Blade's equip ability by paying
, attaching it to the creature.
- 7Repeat.
Deathrender + Heirloom Blade + Phyrexian Altar + Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Ulamog, adding
.
- 2When Ulamog dies, it, Heirloom Blade and Deathrender trigger.
- 3Resolve the Ulamog trigger, shuffling it into your library.
- 4Resolve the Heirloom Blade trigger, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature that shares a card type with Ulamog and put it into your hand
- 5Resolve the Deathrender trigger, putting the creature from your hand onto the battlefield and attaching Deathrender to it.
- 6Activate Heirloom Blade's equip ability by paying
, attaching it to the creature.
- 7Repeat.
Deathrender + Heirloom Blade + Kozilek, Butcher of Truth + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Kozilek, adding
.
- 2When Kozilek dies, it, Heirloom Blade and Deathrender trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kozilek trigger, shuffling it into your library.
- 4Resolve the Heirloom Blade trigger, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature that shares a card type with Kozilek and put it into your hand
- 5Resolve the Deathrender trigger, putting the creature from your hand onto the battlefield and attaching Deathrender to it.
- 6Activate Heirloom Blade's equip ability by paying
, attaching it to the creature.
- 7Repeat.
Deathrender + Heirloom Blade + Ashnod's Altar + Sin, Unending Cataclysm
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Sin, adding
.
- 2When Sin dies, it, Heirloom Blade and Deathrender trigger.
- 3Resolve the Sin trigger, shuffling it into your library.
- 4Resolve the Heirloom Blade trigger, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature that shares a card type with Sin and put it into your hand
- 5Resolve the Deathrender trigger, putting the creature from your hand onto the battlefield and attaching Deathrender to it.
- 6Activate Heirloom Blade's equip ability by paying
, attaching it to the creature.
- 7Repeat.
Deathrender + Heirloom Blade + Phyrexian Altar + Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Emrakul, adding
.
- 2When Emrakul dies, it, Heirloom Blade and Deathrender trigger.
- 3Resolve the Emrakul trigger, shuffling it into your library.
- 4Resolve the Heirloom Blade trigger, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature that shares a card type with Emrakul and put it into your hand
- 5Resolve the Deathrender trigger, putting the creature from your hand onto the battlefield and attaching Deathrender to it.
- 6Activate Heirloom Blade's equip ability by paying
, attaching it to the creature.
- 7Repeat.
Deathrender + Heirloom Blade + Ashnod's Altar + Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Emrakul, adding
.
- 2When Emrakul dies, it, Heirloom Blade and Deathrender trigger.
- 3Resolve the Emrakul trigger, shuffling it into your library.
- 4Resolve the Heirloom Blade trigger, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature that shares a card type with Emrakul and put it into your hand
- 5Resolve the Deathrender trigger, putting the creature from your hand onto the battlefield and attaching Deathrender to it.
- 6Activate Heirloom Blade's equip ability by paying
, attaching it to the creature.
- 7Repeat.
Deathrender + Heirloom Blade + Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre + Thermopod
- 1Activate Thermopod by sacrificing Ulamog, adding
.
- 2When Ulamog dies, it, Heirloom Blade and Deathrender trigger.
- 3Resolve the Ulamog trigger, shuffling it into your library.
- 4Resolve the Heirloom Blade trigger, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature that shares a card type with Ulamog and put it into your hand
- 5Resolve the Deathrender trigger, putting the creature from your hand onto the battlefield and attaching Deathrender to it.
- 6Activate Heirloom Blade's equip ability by paying
, attaching it to the creature.
- 7Repeat.
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